Even jaded palates wil get a rush from Naked Killer, a deliriously over-the-top slice of Hong Kong phooey that's got latenight fest hit and cult video title written all over it. Already a hotly traded item among Asian buffs, this sexy, cartoon-violent yarn about feuding lesbian assassins plays like a modern version of classic costume actioners.
Someone is going around Hong Kong topping horny males and slicing off their genitals. Enter strung-out cop Tinam, who still suffers from barfing fits over accidentally killing his brother three months earlier. Tinam (literally, "Iron Man") meets obsessive, long-legged looker Kitty in a unisex hair salon and is soon giving Michael Douglas lessons in the jitters.
When Kitty shoots up a gangster's office in revenge for her father's death, she's taken home by professional assassin Sister Cindy, who keeps rapists chained up in her cellar for martial arts workouts. Sister Cindy takes on Kitty as a pupil. The mystery killer turns out to be Princess, lesbian ex-pupil of Sister Cindy who has a contract to take out her former teacher. Tinam, meanwhile, is being driven nuts by Kitty's come-ons. When Princess ends Sister Cindy's career, Kitty hits the vengeance trail big time.
Under the practiced hand of producer/scripter Wong Jing and journeyman director Clarence Fok, pic emerges as a juicy blend of martial arts actioners and Hong Kong's so-called Category III (sexpot) movies, with comedy stirred in for good measure. Movie milks references to everything from early Brian De Palma movies to Basic Instinct, but its sheer glee in pushing the taste envelope well past its limits marks it as pure Hong Kong.